With a focus on case studies and real-world examples, the conference is designed to allow an exchange of ideas among design professionals and software developers to facilitate understanding of current modeling tools and their capabilities and limitations and identify the need for new tools and improvements to existing modeling and simulation tools. The conference is intended to guide design professionals toward developing in-house modeling checklists and quality-control procedures to improve their competence and confidence in making decisions and recommendations based on modeling in their day-to-day practices.

Presentations are requested on the following topics:

• HVAC-load analysis.

• Energy modeling.

• The ability of software providers to address specific modeling-system types and applications and energy-simulation programs.

• Code- and standards-compliance issues.

• The impact of ENERGY STAR, LEED, and other high-performance-building guidelines on models.